VOLUNTEERS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 5024, 23 July 1903, Page 6

VOLUNTEERS.

Tnoro hr.s been considerable trouble in Otago lately because of the failure , ] X U \° tho Daneain Highjanu iGtios, to sair.-Iy a judgment ol>. lamed against Jum mr laiJuiv on his part jo attend parades. Tlio private, who was iu.ed, ashed to bo allowed to resign, but iho regulat. mis did not permit the oliicojs ol tho corps to grant this luqucat. Hogg Uierc’UpJi; sent m his resignation, av'-umpuiucd by his arms and accoutre menu, intimating that lie would pav no linos that might bo inflicted upon him. In duo com-'O linos were imposed gregating .Ulj in the manner provided by the Defence Act of 18SG. Appeals woro made by the volunteer to Colonel Robin (commanding the district) but that ofiicor uphold the action of the subordinate officer who had inflicted the flues, and a distress warrant was to issue because tlio linos had nut been satisfied. Hogs was arrested, ami he had to experience a tew hours* imprisonment in Dunedin gaol until the fines could be met. Thorci has boon considerable agitation in Dunedin oyer tlio event:, but tlio conscnstm of opinion seems to be that Hogg, having taken up volumccr duties for tho term required, should have gone to personal inconvenience for tho purpose of fulfilllnK the duties required of him. Iho gold and silver medals awardodl by lac Government for tho encouragoment of ride marksmanship in New Ze;w land have now been handed over to llnji oilico of tlio Wellington Volunteer District, three prizes in all having been, won by volunteers located in this pro. vincial district. Tlio medal awarded to Uio best shot in the whole of the North Island Js of exceptional value and cl excellent workmanship. The design showj crossed rifles of gold on a ground oi similar m<Mal, a wreath enclosing these,, while a second sot of crossed arms (alsci in gold) surmounts tho chief ornamento** lion. This trophy has been won bv Ser.* geant J. 31. Burnell, a son of the old,. Umo colonial champion marksman, Captain Burnell, of Wanganui. Tho niotbif for the second-best, shot in the North M n ~1 8 a veil-designed one. compared of gold ornamentations on a ground of silver. This has been won by Private G. >L Holland, of the College Hides. Wellington. medal for tlio best shot; in the Wclkngbm district (exclusive ri 1 the two prmo-winners before mcnt ; oned) Sergeant: A. Hyde, of the Hawke's Bar Mounted Rifles. Sergeant Hyde is a brother of Rifleman Hyde, winner of the champion belt for Dm whole colony at the Del once Forces T? 11l o Association meeting in 3302. and the runner-up for the same position at the meeting held" early this year.